niketdesai

Agree w/ Abinoda - I think the one feature I would like is extreme search-ability (check out Remember the Milk). Since I have quite a few tasks, of varying importance, due dates, milestones, and across features it's hard to literally figure out what I should be working on.

I think Remember the Milk has a decent solution for search, but obviously it's not nearly as complete as Basecamp.

First off, I'm glad you are trying - and don't give up. It's all part of the game that people are busy and sometimes you have to do the heavy lifting.

I think that finding blogs of some of the founders and commenting to them directly (in context at first) is a great way to break the ice. You can then step the relationship up as you feel more comfortable.

Of course you've taken this route which is a good one, since you can email me for starters at niket@getpunchd.com - I think as a community, we entrepreneurs should try our best to help one another.

Just keep up the persistence...it's a good trait to build anyway IMO.

It's the battle of two behemoths. College football and it's capitalistic ways vs. the rugged and raw 90's era hip-hop.

Nice.

AT&T though is smart. They realize they won't have to honor any of these free minutes because iPhones can't make a call on their service.

(But I gave it a shot anyways - what the hell I figure).

Niket here with Punchd.

I'd recommend asking around to see if you have a friend with a DSLR camera that shoots video. With a little bit of practice you can easily get the shots you need to put together a nice video. I think people think it's scarier than it is, and I assure you I am an amateur, at best.

Key idea is to keep the video simple and fluffy as when you start to get specific and detailed it all becomes complicated. Getting the message across should be done in around 30 seconds to capture and fire up a potential audience.

If you have a Mac with iMovie you can easily dump those video files and start messing with it.

Ping me if you'd like any specific information or to bounce off ideas (my favorite thing to do).

Sony MDR 7506s

Truly awesome headphones IMO. If you have a bit of time, you can probably catch a deal on them.

I just completed the ruby koans (as dougireton has suggested) and it was a great introductory course. I highly recommend that as a start. It's quite basic but you get a good grasp of key topics.